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November 23, 2015
Thursday, December 3rd!
I'm thrilled to announce that All I Believe, the 10th book in the best-selling Firsts and Forever series, will go live on Amazon and Smashwords on Thursday, December 3rd! I won't be doing preorders, but I will post the link here when it goes live.
All I Believe is Nico Dombruso's story. Half of it takes place on a whirlwind vacation in Italy with Nico, Nana and Jessie. I really enjoyed taking the series to several beautiful, exotic locations in this book!
You'll also get to revisit some favorite couples from previous books, including Dante and Charlie, Vincent and Trevor, Gianni and Zan, and others. And of course, Nana is up to her usual shenanigans!
Here's the work-in-progress blurb (which also appeared at the end of the most recent book in the series, Coming Home):
Nico Dombruso has learned to keep the world at arm’s length after being badly burned by his last relationship. But when he meets a gorgeous, mysterious stranger on vacation in Italy, he decides to make an exception and enjoy a summer fling. It’s just sex, after all, so what’s the harm?
He’s shocked when he finds himself able to open up to this man, and for the first time in years, Nico starts to consider the possibility of trusting his tattered heart to someone again.Yet when a secret is revealed that shakes him to his core and threatens to tear his family apart, Nico retreats, so far and so fast that no one, not even the man who was starting to make him believe he could love again, might ever be able to reach him.
All I Believe is Nico Dombruso's story. Half of it takes place on a whirlwind vacation in Italy with Nico, Nana and Jessie. I really enjoyed taking the series to several beautiful, exotic locations in this book!
You'll also get to revisit some favorite couples from previous books, including Dante and Charlie, Vincent and Trevor, Gianni and Zan, and others. And of course, Nana is up to her usual shenanigans!
Here's the work-in-progress blurb (which also appeared at the end of the most recent book in the series, Coming Home):
Nico Dombruso has learned to keep the world at arm’s length after being badly burned by his last relationship. But when he meets a gorgeous, mysterious stranger on vacation in Italy, he decides to make an exception and enjoy a summer fling. It’s just sex, after all, so what’s the harm?
He’s shocked when he finds himself able to open up to this man, and for the first time in years, Nico starts to consider the possibility of trusting his tattered heart to someone again.Yet when a secret is revealed that shakes him to his core and threatens to tear his family apart, Nico retreats, so far and so fast that no one, not even the man who was starting to make him believe he could love again, might ever be able to reach him.
November 17, 2015
Excerpt, Giveaway and Announcement!
Hi all! Check out Bike Book Reviews for a sneak peek at my upcoming book, All I Believe, plus a big announcement!! While you're there, leave a comment on that post for a chance to win a $25 Amazon gift card! :) You can find the post here.
November 16, 2015
Nana interview
As we draw closer to the December release of All I Believe, the tenth book in my best-selling Firsts and Forever Series (exact date TBA) Nana's giving an interview over at Boy Meets Boy Reviews for their anniversary celebration. Check it out here! :)
October 22, 2015
Looking Back at GRL
GRL was, in a word, amazing. I met some wonderful fellow authors, readers, and bloggers, and made some new friends, which was all I'd hoped for going into this conference. It was big and kind of scary and intimidating, but it was also so incredibly rewarding. Writing is such a solitary business, and it felt really good to be reminded I'm far from alone. I feel so lucky to be a part of this wonderful, diverse, fascinating global community!
One of the highlights of GRL for me was doing an author reading with a couple spectacularly talented writers, Hans Hirschi and Rick R. Reed. I was too nervous to do the actual reading myself, so I got a talented voice actor named Greg Tremblay to do it for me and he knocked it out of the park. It was incredibly gratifying to listen to the laughter of the crowd and to see them thoroughly enjoying what I'd written. I recorded it for those who couldn't attend GRL, and the video is located here. Yes, that's me at the beginning introducing Greg and setting up the scene.
I'm already setting my sights on next year's GRL!
One of the highlights of GRL for me was doing an author reading with a couple spectacularly talented writers, Hans Hirschi and Rick R. Reed. I was too nervous to do the actual reading myself, so I got a talented voice actor named Greg Tremblay to do it for me and he knocked it out of the park. It was incredibly gratifying to listen to the laughter of the crowd and to see them thoroughly enjoying what I'd written. I recorded it for those who couldn't attend GRL, and the video is located here. Yes, that's me at the beginning introducing Greg and setting up the scene.
I'm already setting my sights on next year's GRL!
September 30, 2015
Venturing Out of the Writing Cave
I'm over at Prism Book Alliance today, talking about navigating life -- and the somewhat intimidating GRL Retreat -- as an introvert. You can check out the article here. Leaving a comment on the article enters you in their monthly drawing for a $25 gift certificate!
September 28, 2015
GRL's Dirty Dozen: Welcome TM Smith!
Please join me in welcoming TM Smith to my blog today! I had the pleasure of meeting her at Rainbow Con this summer (she tells some tales about that in this post!) and I'm looking forward to seeing her again at GRL. She and I are part of GRL's Dirty Dozen blog hop (more about that below, too). Take it away, Tams!
Good morning everyone, and thank you Alexa for hosting me today! We are gearing up for another GRL, this year in San Diego, and I’m very excited to get to hang with some old friends as well as making some new ones. The last CON I attended was Rainbow CON in Florida back in July. I met my lovely host there for the first time. Alexa is very quiet and subdued for the most part, until you get her out and about. We hit up Ybor City in downtown Tampa our last night there along with Morticia Knight, Viktor Alexander, Jake JC Wallace and his fiancé Wendy. We had a blast, and the evening ended at a Tattoo parlor where someone got some new ink while I slept it off in a chair. We didn’t make it back to the hotel until 5AM, but it was a fun ride!
(Alexa's note: Photographic evidence of our wild night! I took this picture from the front seat of that 5 a.m. cab ride after we closed out both the gay bar and the tattoo parlor. Tams is strewn across authors Morticia Knight, who I didn't manage to get in the shot, Viktor Alexander and JC Jake Wallace, as well as Jake's fiance Wendy.)
Anywho, I digress, I’m here today for my stop on the “Dirty Dozen” blog hop. 12 Featured and Supporting GRL Authors have gotten together for a fun Q&A and to giveaway some goodies. Let’s start with my portion of the Q&A…
1) Do you fully outline a book? Or do you sit and let the thoughts flow as you type? Both actually. I have an outline of content for the book as well as what I want from each character before I start writing. But then the characters sort of take-over in my head and things change or get added. It’s always an experience to listen to the voices in my head and try to get everything they say down on paper.
2) Describe your writing style in five words and what about that style sets you apart from other authors in your genre(s)? Scattered, eratic, disturbing, colorful and descriptive. I don’t know that anything truly sets me apart, well, maybe the POV I write from which is usually narrative.
3) What are you currently working on, and what can we expect from you in 2016? I’m writing the 3rd book in the All Cocks series, How to Deal, at the moment. I’m also having my first series, Opposites, edited and revamped and will be starting the 3rd book in that series around the new year, Maddness.
4) What's the answer to the one question no interviewer has ever asked? (You don't have to supply the question.) Yes
5) When you're stuck on a story, what do you do to get the words flowing again? Brainstorm, watch videos or read a book, specifically a video on what I’m trying to write about at the time. Sometimes I have to leave it and skip ahead, then come back to the issue later.
6) What's your favorite scene from your own work and the one that's lingered longest from someone else's. (Not genre specific.) Mine: One of the first scenes I wrote five years ago for my first novel, Opposites. The chapter is titled ‘The Clearing’ and I love everything about that chapter. The connection, the pain, love and misery it captures. To this day, I cannot read that chapter without tearing up.
Someone else’s: It’s not an MM book, it’s a YA book. In the final Hunger Games book, the final scene, the last two sentences. “You love me, real or not real?” “Real.” I get goose bumps now just thinking about it. I loved how so few words conveyed a lifetime of emotions. That entire epilogue in fact, is perfection. “My children don’t know their playground is a graveyard.” Love or hate the series, that final epilogue was just fantastic.
7) What is your favorite genre to read? Least favorite? MM Romance (whether it’s contemporary, paranormal, fantasy, I just love love) would be my favorite. My least favorite is hard core BDSM.
8) Tell us about your writing environment and where your writing time fits into your daily or weekly schedule. One side of my bedroom is my bed and dresser, the other side is the computer, book shelves and files. I write whenever I have the time working around a full time job and 3 kids, one of which is Autistic.
9) How do you manage all of your new plot bunnies and what is your process to work on one? I will be sitting at work, typing, answering the phones, and I’ll think of something and grab a note to jot it down. I have a stack of paper and sticky notes with one word, one line or a song that made me think, “Damn! I could write this around that and work it into so and so story!” I’m also somewhat of a geek and I create power points and windows DOC with notes and images for characters, books and chapters.
10) What keeps you focused when writing? Music for the most part. I have a ton of playlists on both Youtube and Spotify, certain songs or types of music for specific characters that I listen to while writing about them. It keeps my creative juices flowing.
11) In a perfect world, would you write full time? If so, would it be mm/LGBT or would there be some mf in there too? Yes, I would love to write full time. I would write anything that I felt the need to write, no genre is taboo for me.
12) What influenced your decision to write in this genre? I love to read the genre so it only made sense to try and write it as well. Not to mention, since I write books about sexy mens falling in love and what not, the research is absolutely delightful!
Read on for more about TM Smith and her books!
A military brat born and raised at Ft. Benning Georgia; Smith is an avid reader, reviewer and writer. She now calls Texas home from her small town on the outskirts of the DFW Metroplex. Most days you can find her curled up with her kindle and a good book alongside a glass of something aged and red or a steaming cup of coffee!
At 44 years young, she's decided to enter the next phase of her life by adding the title of "author" to her list of accomplishments. Smith is a single mom of three disturbingly outspoken and decidedly different kids, one of which is Autistic. Besides her writing, Smith is passionate about Autism advocacy and LGBT rights.
Here's where to find TM:Amazon
ARe
SmashwordsWebsiteFacebook AuthorFacebook All Cocks seriesTwitter
GoodReads
Pinterest
Youtube
Gay for Pay: An All Cocks story
Christopher Allan Roberts thought he had a promising future; Captain of the football team with the promise of a scholarship to play for Alabama. His high school sweetheart and best friend for as long as he could remember, Amanda, by his side, and the love and support of his family. One night, one mistake changed everything. Chris moves to New York, adrift and alone. A walk one night brings him to the flashing lights, loud music and thrumming bodies at club Berlin. A flyer in the men’s room promises fame and fortune for anyone willing to go on camera and have sex, with another man. Money is money, and how hard could it be, right?
Christopher Allan Roberts becomes Kris Alen, All Cocks newest addition, a gay for pay porn star.
Lincoln Carter is honest with everyone in his life, including his family, about who he is and about his sexual preferences. Linc Larson, the openly bi-sexual gay porn star will do anything with anyone, which pretty much writes his ticket in a versatility charged industry. It’s not his sexuality that interferes with his personal life; it’s his inability to trust.
What Linc wants right now, more than anything, is the chance to do a scene with All Cocks newest acquisition, Kris Alen. Six foot two with Auburn hair, an exquisitely toned and inked up body, Kris Alen is sex personified. Linc doesn’t know if it’s the “I want the shiny new toy” aspect that calls to him, or the distant and wounded expression that haunts Kris’s eyes.
Linc figures out early on that Kris is only working the gay for pay angle that All Cocks brings to his bank account. Can a bi-sexual man with trust issues break down the barriers that Kris has built around himself and help Christopher overcome the painful past he is running from.
Gay for Pay is a gay for you story about two men that will have to come to terms with the mistakes they made in their past, if they want to stick around and have a chance at a future.
Buy links: Amazon – Gay for PayAmazon UK – Gay for PayAmazon AU – Gay for PayARe – Gay for PaySW – Gay for Pay
Fame and Fortune: An All Cocks story, book 2 (Tentative release date, September 1st 2015)
Victor Dimir moved to America with his traditional Romanian parents when he was just a child. His Romani parents taught him their traditions and how to be a shrewd business man. But it was the attention of a classmate at school that taught a teenage Victor about his sexuality. When he came out to his parents he knew it would be difficult for them to understand, but he never expected them to disown him.
Andrew Jones grew up with a single mom and his grandmother teaching him about life, he had an absentee father at best. The only thing the man ever did for Andy that stuck was buy him a camera for his thirteenth birthday. When Andrew went off to college on a scholarship to study photo journalism, he wound up falling in love with his Romanian roommate.
They became inseparable and wound up starting their own business together; a gay porn website where people could go and watch romantic gay porn instead of the rough and tough, or wham bam thank you man crap that was flooding the internet at that time. After ten years together they are perfectly happy, they don’t even realize something was missing, until they meet a broken young man that needs a family.
Matthew Carlson was homeless, jobless and broken. He’d been on his own since he was sixteen when he ran away from home after being brutally assaulted by several other young men that he thought were his friends, and then being told he brought it on himself for being gay by his parents. Matthew has done a lot of things these last few years just to get by. When he finds the flyer for All Cocks, he decides to call and see where it leads. What has he got to lose?
Matthew has deep rooted scars that aren’t usually visible on the outside. But when he walks into All Cocks, both Victor and Andrew see them, they also see him. Can three men that didn’t even realize they needed each other get past the stigma of society to find a place of happiness, together?
Advisory warning: This story contains a scene of sexual assault.
Buy links:Amazon – Fame and FortuneAmazon UK – Fame and FortuneAmazon AU – Fame and FortuneARe – Fame and FortuneSW – Fame and Fortune
Thanks again for hosting me Alexa, can’t wait to share a frosty beverage with you in San Diego!!!
Thank you for being here, Tams! See you soon!
"Dirty Dozen" blog hop
12 GRL Authors | 12 Question Q&A | 12 book Giveaway
Gearing up for GRL in San Diego so its time for another 'Dirty Dozen' blog hop and giveaway event. Same as last year, I've collected twelve different Featured and Supporting Authors and we will all be answering the same twelve questions for the hop. Each Author is donating an e-book to the giveaway, so one lucky person will walk away with a dozen books for their enjoyment!
Here's who is hosting who and when...
September 24th | AE Via is hosting Wade KellySeptember 25th | Aisling Mancy is hosting Tempeste O'RileySeptember 28th | Alexa Land is hosting TM SmithSeptember 29th | Carter Quinn is hosting Nicole DennisSeptember 30th | Jeff Adams is hosting Nic StarrOctober 1st | LE Franks is hosting Morticia KnightOctober 2nd | Morticia Knight is hosting LE FranksOctober 5th | Nic Starr is hosting Jeff AdamsOctober 6th | Nicole Dennis is hosting Carter QuinnOctober 7th | TM Smith is hosting Alexa LandOctober 8th | Tempeste O'Riley is hosting Aisling MancyOctober 9th | Wade Kelly is hosting AE Via
The Q&A list each Author will be answering for their post...{each Author submitted a question and all 12 Authors answer, including their own}
AE Via:Do you fully outline a book? Or do you sit and let the thoughts flow as you type?
Aisling Mancy:Describe your writing style in five words and what about that style sets you apart from other authors in your genre(s)?
Alexa Land: What are you currently working on, and what can we expect from you in 2016?
Carter Quinn:What's the answer to the one question no interviewer has ever asked?
Jeff Adams: When you're stuck on a story, what do you do to get the words flowing again?
LE Frank:What's your favorite scene from your own work, and the one that's lingered longest from someone else's?
Morticia Knight: What is your favorite genre to read? Least favorite?
Nic Starr:Tell us about your writing environment and where your writing time fits into your daily or weekly schedule?
Nicole Dennis:How do you manage all of your new plot bunnies and what is your process to work on one?
TM Smith:What keeps you focused when writing?
Tempeste O'Riley:In a perfect world, would you write full time? If so, would it ll be mm/LGBT or would there be some mf in there too?
Wade Kelly: What influenced your decision to write in this genre?
"Dirty Dozen" e-book extravaganza giveaway...
ONE lucky winner will receive an e-book from each Author on the hop. Most Author's have submitted winner's choice from their backlist, but a few have listed a specific title.
AE Via:Winner’s choice, one book from the Nothing Special series
Aisling Mancy: Joyeaux Noel by Aisling Mancy (adult) or Safe by C. Kennedy (young adult)
Alexa Land:One ebook copy from the 'Coming Home' series, or Winner's choice from my backlist.
Carter Quinn: Winner’s choice, one book from Carter's backlist
Jeff Adams: Winner’s choice, one book from Jeff's backlist
LE Frank:Winner's choice, copy of 6 Days to Valentine or Can This be Real
Morticia Knight: Winner’s choice, one book from Morticia's backlist
Nic Starr:Winner's choice, copy of Andrew's Promise or More Than a Friend
Nicole Dennis: Winner’s choice, one book from Nicole's backlist
TM Smith: Winner’s choice, one book from TM's backlist
Tempeste O'Riley: Winner’s choice, one book from Tempeste's backlist
Wade Kelly: Winner’s choice, one book from Wade's backlist
Just think, you could have every book you see pictured above on your e-reader. That should keep you busy for a while!
Be sure to follow the hop and see how all 12 questions might be the same, but the answers will be wildly different. And show your support by sharing each days post on your social media accounts!
Good luck everyone, see you in San Diego!!
**** to enter the giveaway leave a comment below - you can visit EACH stop on the hop via the links above by their name, and leave a comment at EACH stop for additional entries. At the end of the hop I will put EVERY comment from EACH stop into a hat and draw ONE lucky winner ****
REMEMBER TO LEAVE YOUR EMAIL WHEN YOU COMMENT SO THAT I CAN CONTACT YOU IF YOU WIN. NO EMAIL, YOU FORFEIT
Good luck all in the drawing, and thanks for stopping by my blog today! -- Alexa
Good morning everyone, and thank you Alexa for hosting me today! We are gearing up for another GRL, this year in San Diego, and I’m very excited to get to hang with some old friends as well as making some new ones. The last CON I attended was Rainbow CON in Florida back in July. I met my lovely host there for the first time. Alexa is very quiet and subdued for the most part, until you get her out and about. We hit up Ybor City in downtown Tampa our last night there along with Morticia Knight, Viktor Alexander, Jake JC Wallace and his fiancé Wendy. We had a blast, and the evening ended at a Tattoo parlor where someone got some new ink while I slept it off in a chair. We didn’t make it back to the hotel until 5AM, but it was a fun ride!
(Alexa's note: Photographic evidence of our wild night! I took this picture from the front seat of that 5 a.m. cab ride after we closed out both the gay bar and the tattoo parlor. Tams is strewn across authors Morticia Knight, who I didn't manage to get in the shot, Viktor Alexander and JC Jake Wallace, as well as Jake's fiance Wendy.) Anywho, I digress, I’m here today for my stop on the “Dirty Dozen” blog hop. 12 Featured and Supporting GRL Authors have gotten together for a fun Q&A and to giveaway some goodies. Let’s start with my portion of the Q&A…
1) Do you fully outline a book? Or do you sit and let the thoughts flow as you type? Both actually. I have an outline of content for the book as well as what I want from each character before I start writing. But then the characters sort of take-over in my head and things change or get added. It’s always an experience to listen to the voices in my head and try to get everything they say down on paper.
2) Describe your writing style in five words and what about that style sets you apart from other authors in your genre(s)? Scattered, eratic, disturbing, colorful and descriptive. I don’t know that anything truly sets me apart, well, maybe the POV I write from which is usually narrative.
3) What are you currently working on, and what can we expect from you in 2016? I’m writing the 3rd book in the All Cocks series, How to Deal, at the moment. I’m also having my first series, Opposites, edited and revamped and will be starting the 3rd book in that series around the new year, Maddness.
4) What's the answer to the one question no interviewer has ever asked? (You don't have to supply the question.) Yes
5) When you're stuck on a story, what do you do to get the words flowing again? Brainstorm, watch videos or read a book, specifically a video on what I’m trying to write about at the time. Sometimes I have to leave it and skip ahead, then come back to the issue later.
6) What's your favorite scene from your own work and the one that's lingered longest from someone else's. (Not genre specific.) Mine: One of the first scenes I wrote five years ago for my first novel, Opposites. The chapter is titled ‘The Clearing’ and I love everything about that chapter. The connection, the pain, love and misery it captures. To this day, I cannot read that chapter without tearing up.
Someone else’s: It’s not an MM book, it’s a YA book. In the final Hunger Games book, the final scene, the last two sentences. “You love me, real or not real?” “Real.” I get goose bumps now just thinking about it. I loved how so few words conveyed a lifetime of emotions. That entire epilogue in fact, is perfection. “My children don’t know their playground is a graveyard.” Love or hate the series, that final epilogue was just fantastic.
7) What is your favorite genre to read? Least favorite? MM Romance (whether it’s contemporary, paranormal, fantasy, I just love love) would be my favorite. My least favorite is hard core BDSM.
8) Tell us about your writing environment and where your writing time fits into your daily or weekly schedule. One side of my bedroom is my bed and dresser, the other side is the computer, book shelves and files. I write whenever I have the time working around a full time job and 3 kids, one of which is Autistic.
9) How do you manage all of your new plot bunnies and what is your process to work on one? I will be sitting at work, typing, answering the phones, and I’ll think of something and grab a note to jot it down. I have a stack of paper and sticky notes with one word, one line or a song that made me think, “Damn! I could write this around that and work it into so and so story!” I’m also somewhat of a geek and I create power points and windows DOC with notes and images for characters, books and chapters.
10) What keeps you focused when writing? Music for the most part. I have a ton of playlists on both Youtube and Spotify, certain songs or types of music for specific characters that I listen to while writing about them. It keeps my creative juices flowing.
11) In a perfect world, would you write full time? If so, would it be mm/LGBT or would there be some mf in there too? Yes, I would love to write full time. I would write anything that I felt the need to write, no genre is taboo for me.
12) What influenced your decision to write in this genre? I love to read the genre so it only made sense to try and write it as well. Not to mention, since I write books about sexy mens falling in love and what not, the research is absolutely delightful!
Read on for more about TM Smith and her books!
A military brat born and raised at Ft. Benning Georgia; Smith is an avid reader, reviewer and writer. She now calls Texas home from her small town on the outskirts of the DFW Metroplex. Most days you can find her curled up with her kindle and a good book alongside a glass of something aged and red or a steaming cup of coffee!
At 44 years young, she's decided to enter the next phase of her life by adding the title of "author" to her list of accomplishments. Smith is a single mom of three disturbingly outspoken and decidedly different kids, one of which is Autistic. Besides her writing, Smith is passionate about Autism advocacy and LGBT rights.
Here's where to find TM:Amazon
ARe
SmashwordsWebsiteFacebook AuthorFacebook All Cocks seriesTwitter
GoodReads
Youtube
Gay for Pay: An All Cocks story
Christopher Allan Roberts thought he had a promising future; Captain of the football team with the promise of a scholarship to play for Alabama. His high school sweetheart and best friend for as long as he could remember, Amanda, by his side, and the love and support of his family. One night, one mistake changed everything. Chris moves to New York, adrift and alone. A walk one night brings him to the flashing lights, loud music and thrumming bodies at club Berlin. A flyer in the men’s room promises fame and fortune for anyone willing to go on camera and have sex, with another man. Money is money, and how hard could it be, right?
Christopher Allan Roberts becomes Kris Alen, All Cocks newest addition, a gay for pay porn star.
Lincoln Carter is honest with everyone in his life, including his family, about who he is and about his sexual preferences. Linc Larson, the openly bi-sexual gay porn star will do anything with anyone, which pretty much writes his ticket in a versatility charged industry. It’s not his sexuality that interferes with his personal life; it’s his inability to trust.
What Linc wants right now, more than anything, is the chance to do a scene with All Cocks newest acquisition, Kris Alen. Six foot two with Auburn hair, an exquisitely toned and inked up body, Kris Alen is sex personified. Linc doesn’t know if it’s the “I want the shiny new toy” aspect that calls to him, or the distant and wounded expression that haunts Kris’s eyes.
Linc figures out early on that Kris is only working the gay for pay angle that All Cocks brings to his bank account. Can a bi-sexual man with trust issues break down the barriers that Kris has built around himself and help Christopher overcome the painful past he is running from.
Gay for Pay is a gay for you story about two men that will have to come to terms with the mistakes they made in their past, if they want to stick around and have a chance at a future.
Buy links: Amazon – Gay for PayAmazon UK – Gay for PayAmazon AU – Gay for PayARe – Gay for PaySW – Gay for Pay
Fame and Fortune: An All Cocks story, book 2 (Tentative release date, September 1st 2015)
Victor Dimir moved to America with his traditional Romanian parents when he was just a child. His Romani parents taught him their traditions and how to be a shrewd business man. But it was the attention of a classmate at school that taught a teenage Victor about his sexuality. When he came out to his parents he knew it would be difficult for them to understand, but he never expected them to disown him.
Andrew Jones grew up with a single mom and his grandmother teaching him about life, he had an absentee father at best. The only thing the man ever did for Andy that stuck was buy him a camera for his thirteenth birthday. When Andrew went off to college on a scholarship to study photo journalism, he wound up falling in love with his Romanian roommate.
They became inseparable and wound up starting their own business together; a gay porn website where people could go and watch romantic gay porn instead of the rough and tough, or wham bam thank you man crap that was flooding the internet at that time. After ten years together they are perfectly happy, they don’t even realize something was missing, until they meet a broken young man that needs a family.
Matthew Carlson was homeless, jobless and broken. He’d been on his own since he was sixteen when he ran away from home after being brutally assaulted by several other young men that he thought were his friends, and then being told he brought it on himself for being gay by his parents. Matthew has done a lot of things these last few years just to get by. When he finds the flyer for All Cocks, he decides to call and see where it leads. What has he got to lose?
Matthew has deep rooted scars that aren’t usually visible on the outside. But when he walks into All Cocks, both Victor and Andrew see them, they also see him. Can three men that didn’t even realize they needed each other get past the stigma of society to find a place of happiness, together?
Advisory warning: This story contains a scene of sexual assault.
Buy links:Amazon – Fame and FortuneAmazon UK – Fame and FortuneAmazon AU – Fame and FortuneARe – Fame and FortuneSW – Fame and Fortune
Thanks again for hosting me Alexa, can’t wait to share a frosty beverage with you in San Diego!!!
Thank you for being here, Tams! See you soon!
"Dirty Dozen" blog hop
12 GRL Authors | 12 Question Q&A | 12 book Giveaway
Gearing up for GRL in San Diego so its time for another 'Dirty Dozen' blog hop and giveaway event. Same as last year, I've collected twelve different Featured and Supporting Authors and we will all be answering the same twelve questions for the hop. Each Author is donating an e-book to the giveaway, so one lucky person will walk away with a dozen books for their enjoyment!
Here's who is hosting who and when...
September 24th | AE Via is hosting Wade KellySeptember 25th | Aisling Mancy is hosting Tempeste O'RileySeptember 28th | Alexa Land is hosting TM SmithSeptember 29th | Carter Quinn is hosting Nicole DennisSeptember 30th | Jeff Adams is hosting Nic StarrOctober 1st | LE Franks is hosting Morticia KnightOctober 2nd | Morticia Knight is hosting LE FranksOctober 5th | Nic Starr is hosting Jeff AdamsOctober 6th | Nicole Dennis is hosting Carter QuinnOctober 7th | TM Smith is hosting Alexa LandOctober 8th | Tempeste O'Riley is hosting Aisling MancyOctober 9th | Wade Kelly is hosting AE Via
The Q&A list each Author will be answering for their post...{each Author submitted a question and all 12 Authors answer, including their own}
AE Via:Do you fully outline a book? Or do you sit and let the thoughts flow as you type?
Aisling Mancy:Describe your writing style in five words and what about that style sets you apart from other authors in your genre(s)?
Alexa Land: What are you currently working on, and what can we expect from you in 2016?
Carter Quinn:What's the answer to the one question no interviewer has ever asked?
Jeff Adams: When you're stuck on a story, what do you do to get the words flowing again?
LE Frank:What's your favorite scene from your own work, and the one that's lingered longest from someone else's?
Morticia Knight: What is your favorite genre to read? Least favorite?
Nic Starr:Tell us about your writing environment and where your writing time fits into your daily or weekly schedule?
Nicole Dennis:How do you manage all of your new plot bunnies and what is your process to work on one?
TM Smith:What keeps you focused when writing?
Tempeste O'Riley:In a perfect world, would you write full time? If so, would it ll be mm/LGBT or would there be some mf in there too?
Wade Kelly: What influenced your decision to write in this genre?
"Dirty Dozen" e-book extravaganza giveaway...
ONE lucky winner will receive an e-book from each Author on the hop. Most Author's have submitted winner's choice from their backlist, but a few have listed a specific title.
AE Via:Winner’s choice, one book from the Nothing Special series
Aisling Mancy: Joyeaux Noel by Aisling Mancy (adult) or Safe by C. Kennedy (young adult)
Alexa Land:One ebook copy from the 'Coming Home' series, or Winner's choice from my backlist.
Carter Quinn: Winner’s choice, one book from Carter's backlist
Jeff Adams: Winner’s choice, one book from Jeff's backlist
LE Frank:Winner's choice, copy of 6 Days to Valentine or Can This be Real
Morticia Knight: Winner’s choice, one book from Morticia's backlist
Nic Starr:Winner's choice, copy of Andrew's Promise or More Than a Friend
Nicole Dennis: Winner’s choice, one book from Nicole's backlist
TM Smith: Winner’s choice, one book from TM's backlist
Tempeste O'Riley: Winner’s choice, one book from Tempeste's backlist
Wade Kelly: Winner’s choice, one book from Wade's backlist
Just think, you could have every book you see pictured above on your e-reader. That should keep you busy for a while!
Be sure to follow the hop and see how all 12 questions might be the same, but the answers will be wildly different. And show your support by sharing each days post on your social media accounts!
Good luck everyone, see you in San Diego!!
**** to enter the giveaway leave a comment below - you can visit EACH stop on the hop via the links above by their name, and leave a comment at EACH stop for additional entries. At the end of the hop I will put EVERY comment from EACH stop into a hat and draw ONE lucky winner ****
REMEMBER TO LEAVE YOUR EMAIL WHEN YOU COMMENT SO THAT I CAN CONTACT YOU IF YOU WIN. NO EMAIL, YOU FORFEIT
Good luck all in the drawing, and thanks for stopping by my blog today! -- Alexa
September 12, 2015
GRL Pre-Orders
A quick reminder for those of you who will be at GRL and would like an autographed copy of any of my books, since a few people have asked: I won't be selling at a table, but I will be bringing paperbacks for those who pre-order them ahead of time.
The cost is $10 per book, and I will bill you through Paypal. A list of all my books follows. Please email me at AlexaLandWrites at gmail.com or message me on Facebook if you'll be at GRL and would like one or more books. The cut-off date to order is September 26th.
The Firsts and Forever Series:
1. Way Off Plan
2. All In
3. In Pieces
4. Gathering Storm
5. Salvation
6. Skye Blue
7. Against the Wall
8. Belonging
9. Coming Home
Other books:
Feral (paranormal M/M romance)
The Tinder Chronicles (the complete 3-volume vampire hunter series)
And of course, feel free to bring books you already own if you'd like them signed! I'll also be giving away some free swag that can be signed, if you'd prefer that. Looking forward to meeting a few of my readers at GRL!
The cost is $10 per book, and I will bill you through Paypal. A list of all my books follows. Please email me at AlexaLandWrites at gmail.com or message me on Facebook if you'll be at GRL and would like one or more books. The cut-off date to order is September 26th.
The Firsts and Forever Series:
1. Way Off Plan
2. All In
3. In Pieces
4. Gathering Storm
5. Salvation
6. Skye Blue
7. Against the Wall
8. Belonging
9. Coming Home
Other books:
Feral (paranormal M/M romance)
The Tinder Chronicles (the complete 3-volume vampire hunter series)
And of course, feel free to bring books you already own if you'd like them signed! I'll also be giving away some free swag that can be signed, if you'd prefer that. Looking forward to meeting a few of my readers at GRL!
September 6, 2015
Cover Reveal, Interview and Giveaway!
Just wanted to let you know about an interview I did over at Diverse Reader. It includes a cover reveal for All I Believe, the 10th book in the Firsts and Forever series, which will be out before the end of the year! I'm also giving away an ebook and a $20 Amazon gift card, so be sure to enter the drawing. You can find all of this here. Good luck! :)
September 3, 2015
Interview at Examiner.com
So, this amazing thing happened! I was interviewed for the national online newspaper Examiner.com, along with incredibly talented authors Kindle Alexander, Riley Hart, and Ella Frank for an article entitled The Queens of Gay Romance. I'm completely honored to be included!
August 6, 2015
GRL 2015!
I'm thrilled to announce that I've been added as a Featured Author to GRL 2015! I'm so excited to meet some of my readers and fellow authors! :)
A couple people have asked, so if you're going to be there and would like an autographed copy of one of my books, please let me know. I won't be selling at a table, but I will be bringing paperbacks for those who request them ahead of time.
The cost is $10 per book, and I will bill you through Paypal. A list of all my books follows. Please email me at AlexaLandWrites at gmail.com or message me on Facebook if you'll be at GRL and would like a book! The cut-off date to order is September 20th.
The Firsts and Forever Series:
1. Way Off Plan
2. All In
3. In Pieces
4. Gathering Storm
5. Salvation
6. Skye Blue
7. Against the Wall
8. Belonging
9. Coming Home
Other books:
Feral (paranormal M/M romance)
The Tinder Chronicles (the complete 3-volume vampire hunter series)
And of course, feel free to bring books you already own if you'd like them signed! I'll also be giving away some free swag that can be signed, if you'd prefer that! :)
To those who can't make it to GRL this year, I hope we have a chance to meet somewhere down the road! <3
